Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 5h"Can you tell me more about these secret blood draining places that they have in the basement? I'm very interested in those!" Hanging out with Historians never gets boring! This was about the building of early modern anatomical theaters btw. #writing #blogging #witch #history 010
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026When visiting a friend in Luxembourg for her birthday, of course I find a castle ruin to hike 25km to. What a witching moment! Taken at château d'Esch sur-Sûre. #writing #blogging #witch #history 010
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My #witch thinks we'd deserve one. #writing #blogging #history mistresswitchwrites.com/2025/06/02/w...mistresswitchwrites.comWitch on the road – Would I look nice as a statue?Within less than a year, I have travelled to some of the most exciting places in Europe. Sometimes for work, sometimes privately. On these travels, I have met some of the most important figures in … 010
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026From toxic coffee to death by cake-overdose - this Stockholm café has a lot of history to offer. And it is just a wonderful place to rest and daydream! #writing #blogging #witch #history mistresswitchwrites.com/2025/09/20/w...mistresswitchwrites.comWitching coffee with a bit of history in Stockholm!Coffee with a lot of history! – is what my witch and I enjoyed in Stockholm, when we went to the city’s oldest confectionery, which had opened in 1785. It’s a beautiful place in the heart of Stockh… 010
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This novel was a great lesson in finding the right narrative! #writing #blogging #witch #history mistresswitchwrites.com/2025/10/04/w...mistresswitchwrites.comWitching Review – “Remarkable Creatures” by Tracy ChevalierThis time, I am reviewing a novel that combines my two passions: The history of science, and well, novel writing. It is a wonderfully crafted piece of historical fiction! This one is about the nove… 020
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Standing on the place where the war started that changed my witch's life forever gave me a very historical shivering. #writing #blogging #history #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2025/11/02/2...mistresswitchwrites.com28 crosses in Prague – A haunted historical trip with my witch“This place is so haunted”, my witch giggles over my shoulder.I took us to a place where for the both of us history becomes very much alive and reminds us of how fragile and thin skinned we are, an… 010
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If you are willing to explore this very historical struggle of having a fucking fragile body, or if you suffer from this and need to laugh about yourself, or are simply interested in ths, I deeply recommend reading this. #writing #blogging #history #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/01/13/w...mistresswitchwrites.comWitching review – “A body made of glass” by Caroline CramptonIf you belong to those constantly caught between wonder and worry about the fragility and persistence of the human body, I may have the perfect book for you! This witching review is on a rather per… 020
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This place is so worth it if you're interested in the haunted objects of all kinds! #writing #blogging #history #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/03/16/v...mistresswitchwrites.comVisiting a witching place! – The museum for magic, fortune-telling, and witchcraft in Edinburgh!Let me take you to another witching place!I have found a museum where my witch felt at home, and I want to share this with you. I have recently been to Edinburgh, and of course I had to visit the m… 010
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026While writing, I turn into a questionable but oretty girl in a nightdress, whispering my darkest into your ears wuth a creaking voice. #writing #blogging #witch #historicalfiction mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/05/03/w...mistresswitchwrites.comWhat writing in first-person means to me (and my witch)My nightdress is too short, rain and thunder have scared my cats away, and once again it’s just me and my witch making it through the night together. This is exactly what my radical first-person-re… 020
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Here you can point a canon at your neighbours. Sometimes that's all that's ever needed. #writing #blogging #history #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/07/17/a...mistresswitchwrites.comA haunted place in the Baltic Sea – SuomenlinnaCanons, a castle, defense walls, and old houses with windows painted on – there is a place in the Baltic Sea that has all these things. It’s not just a museum, or a remote heritage site for adventu… 010
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A novel that reads more like an authentic, chaotic, sudden piece of a 17th century diary. #writing #blogging #witch #history #historicalfiction mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/08/06/w...mistresswitchwrites.comWitching Review – “The curewife” by Claire-Marie WatsonThe book I’m reviewing in this post came as a dark and magical surprise! This post is about the novel “The Curewife” by Claire-Marie Watson! This is a very historic novel that deals with everything… 030
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026What a witching view! Imagine, if these walls could talk ... #writing #blogging #witch #history #photography #inspiration 042
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The search for perfect mental health and well-being has become a reason to stop being a friend, a lover, a person with dreams and goals. I think we are taking it too far. #writing #blogging #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/09/21/w...mistresswitchwrites.comWhy do we stop doing things?“When for health reasons we stop being ourselves, what is left then? ”, I complain to my witch just when the cold and dark season is ready to arrive. I am usually decorating a cake when the message… 000
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We are a very damaged generation. #writing #blogging #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/09/21/w...mistresswitchwrites.comWhy do we stop doing things?“When for health reasons we stop being ourselves, what is left then? ”, I complain to my witch just when the cold and dark season is ready to arrive. I am usually decorating a cake when the message… 000
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Ever since the pandemic began in 2020, I have not been able to get a grip on my circle of friends. One coffee a year, sometimes a Voicemail, and of course always short written messages about emotional exhaustion ... #writing #blogging #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/09/21/w...mistresswitchwrites.comWhy do we stop doing things?“When for health reasons we stop being ourselves, what is left then? ”, I complain to my witch just when the cold and dark season is ready to arrive. I am usually decorating a cake when the message… 010
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is my second mental health rant. Because we're a damaged generation. New post! #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #essay #witch #personal mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/09/21/w...mistresswitchwrites.comWhy do we stop doing things?“When for health reasons we stop being ourselves, what is left then? ”, I complain to my witch just when the cold and dark season is ready to arrive. I am usually decorating a cake when the message… 000
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is my second mental health rant. Because we're a damaged generation. New post! #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #essay #witch #personal mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/09/21/w...mistresswitchwrites.comWhy do we stop doing things?“When for health reasons we stop being ourselves, what is left then? ”, I complain to my witch just when the cold and dark season is ready to arrive. I am usually decorating a cake when the message… 000
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026What a witching view! #writing #blogging #witch #historicalfiction #photography #inspiration 020
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I fell for you In an October night With a heart that Had seen too much pain And you were terrified. New poem! #writing #amwriting #poetry #poem #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/09/20/w...mistresswitchwrites.comWhen we fall …Who’ll be thereWhen we fall?Who will comeTo catch us all?Who’ll be thereIn the end? Late at nightI hear his voiceAnd I know thatHe waved her goodbyeThrough the noiseOf a world turning away. Laughte… 010
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026And I wonder Who’ll be there When we fall? New poem! #writing #amwriting #poetry #poem #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/09/20/w...mistresswitchwrites.comWhen we fall …Who’ll be thereWhen we fall?Who will comeTo catch us all?Who’ll be thereIn the end? Late at nightI hear his voiceAnd I know thatHe waved her goodbyeThrough the noiseOf a world turning away. Laughte… 022
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The photograph capturing the mood of my witching novel in progress just became my most liked post in weeks. That feels motivating! #writing #blogging #witch 010
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A writer's worst nightmare just happened to me. I received an E-Mail that my short story was accepted, but then 2 minutes later was notified that it was a mistake. I had narrowly not made it. Oh, how often I feared this to happen with my actually accepted work. #writing #blogging #witch 020
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Let your witch at service help to tell you whom not to trust! #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #blogging #witch #essay mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/06/22/t...mistresswitchwrites.comThe latest Dystopia confusion – or what vaccines, glasses, and sunscreen suddenly have in common.Confusion is one of the most important aspects of Dystopia. It’s this state of the world that keeps burning into the skin like a nervous flickering – and suddenly you’ve bought frog legs from the w… 020
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026My favourite witching small town will be encircled by Zombie fires for years to come, but at least it still stands. Positivity for today: Check. #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #witch #essay #blogging mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/08/19/h...mistresswitchwrites.comHeavy rain and zombie fire – A small town of resilience part 2This is a hopeful post, although it might not look like it at first. Recently, the region I am living in is experiencing a historical wildfire, and it was getting terrifyingly close to the city tha… 010
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I was often told that I would regret not being able to afford a house and a second car, but the only thing I ever regretted was when I became too depressed to chase my dreams. #writing #amwriting #essay #blogging #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/08/25/a...mistresswitchwrites.comA witch with no regretsThis night feels cozy.Midnight has passed.No sleep, but another cup of tea in vanilla scented candlelight.“Are you saying you have no regrets?”, my witch giggles. When I was younger, I was often wa… 000
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“What to do you really regret?” “When my soul was dead.” In this one, my witch and I reflect on my Christian, neoliberalist, capitalist upbringing. #writing #amwriting #writingcommnity #witch #blogging #essay mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/08/25/a...mistresswitchwrites.comA witch with no regretsThis night feels cozy.Midnight has passed.No sleep, but another cup of tea in vanilla scented candlelight.“Are you saying you have no regrets?”, my witch giggles. When I was younger, I was often wa… 000
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I went to Cologne to visit another witching monument. More on my blog soon! #writing #blogging #witch #history 010
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026An elvenring breaking around my finger can't be a good sign, right? My #witch is giggling. #writing #blogging 010
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026When I write a short story for a contest, I tell myself to not be sad when it gets rejected, because now I have more material. ... here we go. I have a wonderful historical horror story about demonic obsession and late medieval treatment of infectious diseases to sell! #writing #blogging #witch 161
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026What a witching view! Taken on a walk through the fields that inspired my witching novel. #writing #blogging #witch 3618
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"I think a huge aspect of our life is about the narratives we leave behind for others to find, and for the world to make sense of." Thoughts on my archival research trip to Paris. #writing #blogging #witch #history mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/09/11/a...mistresswitchwrites.comA historical research trip to ParisCome with me on a little research trip to Paris!I had the opportunity to go on a very historical adventure, not exactly related to my witching novel, but still very much inspiring! To write my thes… 021
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I had tge oppprtunity to go to Paris for some archival work, looking at the kind of mess people tend to leave behind. #writing #blogging #witch #history mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/09/11/a...mistresswitchwrites.comA historical research trip to ParisCome with me on a little research trip to Paris!I had the opportunity to go on a very historical adventure, not exactly related to my witching novel, but still very much inspiring! To write my thes… 020
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A friend showed me a new bookshop. Can't wait to start these new witching reads! #writing #blogging #witch 030
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026What an unexpected witching view! Taken in Paris. What happens if I encounter them after dark? #writing #blogging #witch 020
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"Maybe we are sad people. Can't we juat be sad together?" #writing #witch 031
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Taking the train to Paris to do some archive work there. I'm a lucky #witch 280
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026A writer contacted me through my blog for advice on a story surrounding witches. I got really excited! Sadly, he did not read one of my posts. None of his questions were historical, but merely surrounding Wicca practices and crystals. He stopped responding. Whoops. #writing #blogging #witch 110
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026"All your ex-girlfriends are crazy? Such a coincidence." Cheers on the weirdest red flag I've ever ignored. #writing #blogging #witch 020
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Not exactly a witching read, but it had me wonder how intimate history can be?! Reading this for my thesis and enjoying it! #writing #blogging #witch #history 100
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I know which book you've read in 1607, boy ... #writing #blogging #witch #history mistresswitchwrites.com/2024/01/09/a...mistresswitchwrites.comA dark Mr. Right for my witch – Witching novel update!A witch would probably be best suited for spending most of her time alone in her house in the forest, but that is not the kind of fate I imagine for my witch. It‘s not the kind of story I want to t… 031
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026There are people out there who'd sell our basic human rights for a cheaper cube of butter. This is the darkness of today. #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #witch #magic #essay mistresswitchwrites.com/2024/11/09/b...mistresswitchwrites.comButter Essay – Or, the darkness of today.“Time for a dark and bloody thought-experiment?”, my witch giggles over my shoulder in a November night of 2024, because she knows me so well. It has been a while since I’ve used exact dates of the… 041
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Some places remind me of how thin skinned we are. #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #witch #history mistresswitchwrites.com/2025/11/02/2...mistresswitchwrites.com28 crosses in Prague – A haunted historical trip with my witch“This place is so haunted”, my witch giggles over my shoulder.I took us to a place where for the both of us history becomes very much alive and reminds us of how fragile and thin skinned we are, an… 031
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Living in East-Germany for a few months was a wild ride. I would always do it again, but I would bring with me a thicker skin. #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #witch #history mistresswitchwrites.com/2025/11/20/t...mistresswitchwrites.comMy historical experience of living in DresdenSome places carry so much history, they feel haunted. They are full of melancholia, sometimes even a bit of questionable nostalgia, and can be tough to bare from time to time.At the moment, I am lu… 000
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I really don't care about my well-being while fascism is on the rise. #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #witch #magic #essay mistresswitchwrites.com/2025/12/08/t...mistresswitchwrites.comThe tale of mental health in a burning world“Wanna feel better?”, my witch asks me as she presents tonight’s options. Do we want to get drunk and risk a headache? Do we want to try out yoga again although we’ve never managed to take it serio… 000
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026It's not just beautifully haunted. It's one of the few places where you can casually point a canon at your neighbours. #writing #blogging #witch #history mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/07/17/a...mistresswitchwrites.comA haunted place in the Baltic Sea – SuomenlinnaCanons, a castle, defense walls, and old houses with windows painted on – there is a place in the Baltic Sea that has all these things. It’s not just a museum, or a remote heritage site for adventu… 000
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026My favourite small town is now encircled by zombie fires. In other words, climate change is real and fucking sucks. #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/08/19/h...mistresswitchwrites.comHeavy rain and zombie fire – A small town of resilience part 2This is a hopeful post, although it might not look like it at first. Recently, the region I am living in is experiencing a historical wildfire, and it was getting terrifyingly close to the city tha… 120
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026What can we learn from the past? In this post, I'm not just asking this my witch. I am also having some thoughts as a student of the history of science. Or, what does time even mean?! #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #history #essay mistresswitchwrites.com/2024/10/26/w...mistresswitchwrites.comWriting history with my witch – Or, the struggle of looking at the pastI like to picture my witch in a golden frame. Probably shaped with roses growing all over it. A frame that looks like one your grandmother would have kept, or one to find in a museum. One of those … 000
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026What a witching view! Taken in Brüggen, Germany. #writing #blogging #inspiration #witch #photography #history 060
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I wrote a new poem last night! #writing #poetry #poem #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/08/31/a...mistresswitchwrites.comA witching lesson learned“You feel so far away todayYour path leads northAnd mine does not. I came across a field just nowI thought thatYou might like it. Eyes wide openArms stretched outI still had much to learn. And when… 040
Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Eyes wide open Arms stretched out I still had much to learn. And when I crossed Your path back then I thought that you could show me. New poem! #writing #blogging #witch #poetry #poem mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/08/31/a...mistresswitchwrites.comA witching lesson learned“You feel so far away todayYour path leads northAnd mine does not. I came across a field just nowI thought thatYou might like it. Eyes wide openArms stretched outI still had much to learn. And when… 030